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Thread #15351   Message #136874
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16-Nov-99 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: Light jigs vs. treble jigs
Subject: RE: Light jigs vs. treble jigs
Hop jigs are also 9/8, but don't ask me the difference between hop and slip jigs, I don't know. Note that the names here designate the now standard terminology for the tune type, but for most there is no evidence that they were ever meant for, or used for dancing jigs. Al tthe dances that I've seen with such tunes from the 17th century onward were country dances. Prior to 1700 there was no 6/8 or 9/8 time. Jigs were given in 6/4 and 9/4 time, and gradually the notation changed so jigs were mostly given as 6/8 and 9/8 by about 1740.

So what are light and treble jigs? They seem to be new ones that I never heard of before.